Improved washing-machine



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Letters Patent No. 96,780, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVED' WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in thel'a Letters Patent and making part of thanannal To all -whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERRMANN ORAMER, of Sonora, iu the county ofTuolumne, and State of California, have invented a new and .usefulImprovement in 4 fully described.

1u the accompanying,drawing- Figure l represents a side view of themachine, showing the gearing and lever, by which motion is imparted tothe cylinder, with a portion of the side of tub broken awayto show thecylinder.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of fig. 1, through the Similar letters ofreference indicate correspondin parts. I

A is the tub, which may be circular or angular in i'orm, in which thecylinder revolves.

B represents the cylinder.

This cylinder is composed of two circular heads, covered with slats orstaves, which are angular-orvshaped ou their inner sides, so that theinner surface ot' the circumference or rim of the cylinder is serrated,as seen in lig. 1.

v The clothes to be cleansed are placed in this cylinder, a suitablehinged door, iu the rim, being provided for this purpose, and theportion c of the tub being also hinged, for closing the machine when thecylinder is-in motion. n

D is a pinion, on the end of the cylinder-shaft,

Eis a gear-wheel, which is revolved ou a stud-pin on the side ofthe tub.

The cylinder is given a partially-revolving or vibrating motion by meansof thevlever F, which passes over the stud-piu of the' wheel, and takeshold of tue rim atY one or more points,l as seen at g g.

By this back-and-forth motion, the clothes are thrown against theserrated rim ofthe cylinder, ou which they roll and rub, by whichoperation the dirt is readily expelled. This motion may be given byhand, or by any other convenient power.

The cylinder revolves partially immersed in water, and there being openspaces between -the staves, the

water passes readily into the cylinder, while the dirty removed settlesdown on the bottom of the tub.

The cylinder is removed from the tub by drawing out the grooved slides hh, which confine the cylinder-journals to their boxes.' l

These slides, h h, may be held down to their places Vby any suitabledevice.

In tig. 1, I is a key, and J is a hook, attached to the slide h for thatpurpose.-

Beneath the bottom of the tub, (which is made of metal,) I arrange afurnace, K, composed of la tapering cylinder or iiue, L, and a slidingtire-place, M.

N is the flue, through which the smoke escapes.

By means of this furnace, the water in the machine may he boiled, andthe clothes being, at the same time, agitated in the cylinder, as beforestated, the laborious operation of washing is rendered easy.

Having thus described my invention, n

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent'- In combinationwith the tubA, and the cylinder B, the furnace, composed of the part-s Land M, all constructed and arranged as. and for the purposes specied.

AWitnesses:

WM. ROTHER, J. L. HosKING.

' HERRMANN (iR-AMER.

